Tag / Disney

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Bite-sized blog post: Peggy Holmes

Peggy Holmes

PEGGY HOLMES is a choreographer, dancer and director. She choreographed the scene with Michelle Pfeiffer on the piano in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).

Her film directing debut was The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008). She has gone on to direct other Disney projects.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Interview
VIDEO: Interview 1
VIDEO: Interview 2
Her agency profile
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014The Pirate Fairy (Video)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jessica Bendinger

Jessica Bendinger

JESSICA BENDINGER wrote and produced the film Bring it On (2000).

Bendinger worked as a writer and creative consultant before directing the feature film Stick It (2006) for Disney.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Interview 1
Interview 2
Jessica Bendinger on How I Write
Chicks Who Write Podcast
Simon and Schuster
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2006 Stick It

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Bite-sized blog post: Ali Scher

Ali Scher

ALI SCHER got her MFA from USC after directing theatre as an Undergrad. She won a Student Emmy and won the DGA Jury Award for Best Female Filmmaker.

She went on to create her own webseries Candy Land and her first feature Jessica Darling’s It List produced by Disney is set to come out this year.

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VIMEO

CANDY LAND WEBSERIES

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on LinkedIn
Find her on Instagram
Filmmakers Spotlight: Ali Scher of “The Maiden and The Princess”
The Maiden and the Princess website
Her Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Just Jacques (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Student Election Debate (2015)
– The Duel (2015)
– Basketball (2015)

 2015OMG! (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Just Jacques (2015)

 2012CandyLand: A Web Series (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Real Lucy (2012)
– Keep Your Friends Close (2012)
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Bite-sized blog post: Julie Taymor

CAPTION: Julie Taymor, photographed in New York, NY on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MARCUS YAM) All rights reserved. Photograph may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of MARCUS YAM Photography. Please call +1.716.400.9363 or email CONTACT@MARCUSYAM.COM to inquire about any reproduction of this image.

As the first woman to win a Tony for Best Director for a musical with The Lion King it is no surprise that JULIE TAYMOR’s films are theatrical and visually elaborate.

Her first theatrical narrative feature film was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus starring Anthony Hopkins

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Makers
Find her on Twitter
Variety
Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Nights Dream
TED Talk
Julie Taymor on The Lion King and Her Creative Process
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010/IThe Tempest
 2002Frida
 1999Titus

 1993Great Performances (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Oedipus Rex (1993)
 1992Fool’s Fire (TV Movie)